And a 2011 Special Award will be dedicated posthumously to Raúl Ruiz.﻿

*NYFCC Chairman John Anderson describes the process: "At the risk of giving away state secrets, the method of voting for Best Picture at the NYFCC's end-of-year meetings involves each member putting his or her favorite on a scrap of paper, throwing them in a hat, and establishing where we all stand, and what we'd like to champion. Often enough, the answer is 30 different movies.﻿"

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